Medical Definition of Nonvenereal syphilis

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Syphilis caused by organisms closely related to Treponema pallidum; spread by personal, but not necessarily venereal, contact; usually acquired in childhood, most common in areas of provery and overcrowding; rare in the United States; includes yaws, pinta and bejel.
Synonym: endemic syphilis.
(05 Mar 2000)

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